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Austin, TX vs Portage, MI

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Highlights
- Job Growth in Portage has been positive.
- Portage has 0.4% more unemployment than Austin.
- Portage job growth has increased by 6.2% in the past 10 years.

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 Austin, TXPortage, MIUnited States
 Current Unemployment5.1%4.7%6.0%
 Future Job Growth47.0%33.3%33.5%
 Recent Job Growth-3.3%-6.0%-6.2%
 3 Yr. Job Growth1.7%-3.8%-3.6%
 5 Yr. Job Growth6.1%-0.8%-0.7%
 10 Yr. Job Growth25.5%6.2%6.3%

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Reviews for Austin    449 Reviews

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Good place to visit.  More

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Austin is too expensive. Let's get that out of the way. Other than that it is a fun city. Ladybird Lake makes the city, imo. The ability to stand up paddle, kayak, walk  More

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The city continues to grow quickly, which a lot of people don't like. I get it, you fall in love with a city, and it's growing so fast that you don't recognize the same  More

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Reviews for Portage    3 Reviews

I'm just writing because I think that the people who are in my opinion bashing Kalamazoo, really don't know anything about it. I have vacationed in much larger cities,  More

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Before I moved to Portage in 2007, I didn't have any real breathing problems. I had a minor case of hay fever. I moved here and I am stuck inside most of the summer  More

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Over 19 years ago

Portage is a nice palce to live and raise a family. I don't think it would be a good place for a single  More

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ZIPS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS
78745, 78753, 78741, 78748, 78744, 78704, 78758, 78759, 78749, 78723, 40 total
ZIPS IN PORTAGE, MICHIGAN
49024 49002

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